Revolutionary Conscience

Theodore Parker and Antebellum America

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Theodore Parker was one of the most controversial theologians and social activists in pre-Civil War America. A vocal critic of traditional Christian thought and a militant opponent of American slavery, he led a huge congregation of religious dissenters in the very heart of Boston, Massachusetts, during the 1840s and 1850s. This book argues that Parker’s radical vision and contemporary appeal stemmed from his abiding faith in the human conscience and in the principles of the American revolutionary tradition. A leading figure in Boston’s resistance to the Fugitive Slave Law, Parker became a key supporter of John Brown’s dramatic but ill-fated raid on Harper’s Ferry in 1859. Propelled by a revolutionary conscience, Theodore Parker stood out as one of the most fearless religious reformers and social activists of his generation.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-08-16
Mått154 x 224 x 23 mm
Vikt467 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor308
FörlagUniversity Press of America
ISBN9780761859635

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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. “Bred Up Amid the Memories”2. Divinity School and Beyond3. Spiritual Indifference4. The Transcendentalist Controversy5. The Making of a Public Radical6. A Reckoning with Ministers7. Church and Society8. Classes, Families and Reform9. Slavery, Politics and the Revolution10. Making Antislavery Culture11. Conscience and the Fugitive Slave Act12. Continual Alarms13. Race, Politics and Antislavery Violence14. Conscience, Politics and Religion15. The Anthony Burns Crisis16. The Politics of Confrontation17. The Idea That Blood Must Flow18. Principles, Parties and Partings19. The Final Journey20. ConclusionNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

Teed’s is the first complete life study of Parker to appear in many decades. Teed shows readers the full sweep of Parker’s remarkable career and his wide range as a thinker....Teed is the first biographer to recognize Parker’s important role in the antislavery movement as a mediator between the contentious Garrisonian and other political factions; the first to look dispassionately at Parker’s growing support for antislavery violence in the 1850s; the first to deal forthrightly with Parker’s racial theories and his sometimes shockingly racist pronouncements; the first to look critically at Parker’s ideas about gender and women’s rights; and the first to take seriously Parker’s reaction—which shaped his later theology—against the philosophical atheism of Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach.